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Dead Christ betombed by angels, the Virgin and Mary Magdalene

Maker

(artist)
1609-1690

Title

Dead Christ betombed by angels, the Virgin and Mary Magdalene

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, hinged at the left to a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 40.2 cm
Width: 30.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3022

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, April 1942 (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above monogram "WR", with countermark lower centre: letter "I" (unable to see any more of countermark to enable identification).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower centre on stone, brown ink, signed by the artist: "P.v. Lint / na Caras". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "pc,go" (not in Lugt); lower right edge, graphite: "Pieter van Lint.". Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, graphite: "7"; lower left edge, dark brown ink: "De graflegging."; lower centre, graphite: "108"; lower right, graphite: "7/9"; lower right, purple ink: "P. Van Lint naar A. Caarache."; lower right, graphite, cut off: "signed P.v.Lint / na Caras" and "Flemish 1609-1690".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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